There was a lot that happened in politics this year, from the consequential midterm elections to the Supreme Court's historic abortion ruling and record migration at the southern border. These were the top political stories of 2022.
The tightly scripted hearings featured never-before-seen video and explosive testimony from people who participated in the deadly riot, local elections officials and people who worked in the Trump administration or on his campaign hoping to get him reelected. They painted a picture of a then-president who inspired a mob of his supporters to storm the Capitol and did nothing to tamp down the violence for hours despite watching it all unfold and being urged to do so.
Now, with Republicans set to take control of the House, the select committee will be disbanded and the two GOP members on the panel won't be returning to Congress.Extreme weather events and billion-dollar disasters continue to bethan they were decades ago. This year saw the catastrophic damage wrought by Hurricane Ian. There was record drought in the West and low levels in the Mississippi River, along with extreme rainfall and flooding in other parts of the U.S.